Entertainment

Movie Meow: ‘Friendship’ is an instant classic

Men shouldn’t have friends. Or should they? That is the tagline from the freshest film coming out of my favorite studio, A24, to hit the cinema so far this year. I don’t know about you, but the conundrum I find trying to make friends as an adult in this day and age is most of our interactions come from our work environments. Well, that and Facebook, but we all know that is an alternate reality.

OK Go helped invent the viral video. 20 years later, virality has changed

LOS ANGELES — On a spring afternoon in 2005, the members of OK Go dressed up in tacky suits, gathered in front of a video camera and awkwardly danced their way into history.

Tony Award nominee Marjan Neshat makes history in celebrated Broadway play ‘English’

NEW YORK — Marjan Neshat is a veteran of stage and screen who teaches fledgling actors. Like so many of us, she sometimes has bouts of self-doubt.

What to Stream: ‘Mountainhead,’ Bono documentary and Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel play sisters

NEW YORK — “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong’s satirical drama “Mountainhead” and Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel playing dysfunctional siblings in the murder thriller series “The Better Sister” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

Connie Francis on her 1963 song going viral — ‘What’s that?’

Connie Francis, whose hits dominated the Billboard charts in the early 1960s, was thrilled to learn one of her songs from that era has caught fire on TikTok, or as the kids say, gone viral.

NEPA Live Music List: May 22 to May 25

Although it may not look like barbecue weather for this long holiday weekend, it's always live music weather! There's plenty of outstanding live entertainment across our local towns to play you through this Memorial Day Weekend.

Book Review: Donal Ryan’s spellbinding sequel in 21 voices continues the saga of a small Irish town

In 2014 Donal Ryan published a novel in the U.S. called “The Spinning Heart” about a rural Irish town after the 2008 financial collapse. It was narrated by a chorus of voices, one per chapter, and at the center was a good-hearted contractor, Bobby Mahon.

Hardcore for Husvar advocates for suicide prevention and honors a local legend

SCRANTON — Hardcore for Husvar is a benefit concert taking place at St. Mary’s Center over Memorial Day Weekend to honor the life of NEPA-native Neil Husvar as well as raise funds for Suicide Prevention.

Blue October returns to F.M. Kirby Center this November

WILKES-BARRE, PA – Blue October will return to the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, November 21, 2025, at 8 p.m. as part of their “We Didn’t Die Young” Tour.

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